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Merit Name Popularity


Boys vs Girls

46.88%
Male

53.13%
Female

Merit is predominantly a girls name, with 53.13% of Merits being girls, and 46.88% being boys.

In the United States there have been a total of 165 males named Merit, and 187 females given the name

Popularity of Merit by state:

This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Merit in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None

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Names Similar to Merit

Rank Name Global Rank
1. Meredith 1035
2. Martha 1386
3. Merritt 2685
4. Merida 3550
5. Mairead 3572
6. Manreet 3572
7. Marda 3572
8. Marida 3572

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Merit: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024


The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Merit' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Merit in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Merit's average ranking is 10936.54, with it's highest ever rank being #1302. Merit has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 0 times, and has reached the top hundred names 0 times.

Merit has been used in the United States ever since 1918, with over 352 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Merit gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2014, when it's usage went up by 157.45%. During this year, 16 babies were named Merit, which was 0.0004% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0%, in this year alone more than 0 boys were named Merit.

Popular 'M' Names for Boys

Boys names starting with 'M'

Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with M. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'M' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.

Name 'M-Name' Rank Overall Rank Total Named Percentage named
Mason 1. 7. 15192 0.42%
Michael 2. 13. 13998 0.387%
Matthew 3. 21. 12551 0.347%
Mateo 4. 82. 6526 0.18%
Miles 5. 179. 3714 0.103%
Maxwell 6. 190. 3559 0.098%
Micah 7. 196. 3447 0.095%
Max 8. 200. 3394 0.094%
Maverick 9. 243. 2940 0.081%
Maddox 10. 248. 2887 0.08%
Malachi 11. 278. 2585 0.071%
Miguel 12. 286. 2492 0.069%
Matteo 13. 297. 2377 0.066%
Marcus 14. 324. 2156 0.06%
Maximus 15. 332. 2108 0.058%
Mark 16. 342. 2057 0.057%
Messiah 17. 400. 1776 0.049%
Myles 18. 421. 1688 0.047%
Milo 19. 461. 1495 0.041%
Martin 20. 482. 1391 0.038%

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